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the ſituation he recommends. To give, therefore, a proper idea of the attention of the RomaNs in this article, it may not be amiſs to tranſlate the whole paſſage. After mentioning the conveniency of water, and giving a deſcription of the different kinds, he proceeds thus: ‘Running brooks have great influence in moderating the heats of ſummer, and in rendering ſituations more agreeable. If they are of ſweet water, and the poſition of the place allows, they ought, in my opinion, to be conducted to the villa: But, if there is a river far removed from the hills, and if the healthfulneſs of the country and the height of the banks allow the villa to be placed by its ſtream, it is better to have the river behind than before. Care ſhould be taken, likewiſe, to have the front of the edifice turned away from the winds, which in that country are hurtful, and to have it expoſed to ſuch as are ſalutary; for there are many rivers covered with exhaled miſts in ſummer, and cold clouds in winter, which, if they are not diſperſed by the force of blowing winds, are fatal to men and cattle. In healthful places, as I have ſaid, the villa ſhould front the eaſt or ſouth; and in thick cloudy climates it

ſhould